Economic professor advises Rumsfeld

By Juliana Wu / May 25, 2004

Economics professor and Nobel laureate (1992) Gary Becker has served on the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board (DPB) since 2001 as an advisor to Donald Rumsfeld, whose professional reputation has been marred recently by questions about what he and other Washington insiders knew of the Abu Ghraib prison in the weeks before the torture scandal broke....

Alumnus started firm connected to Abu Ghraib

By Juliana Wu / May 15, 2004

Of the numerous contracting firms to provide civilian interrogators and translators in the Abu Ghraib prison, one, California Analysis Center, Inc (CACI), has ties to the University of Chicago. CACI was co-founded in 1962 by University of Chicago alumnus and Nobel Laureate in Economics Harry Markowitz. Twenty seven CACI employees were sent to Abu Ghraib,...

Scav Hunt gets ready, aims, fires

By Juliana Wu / May 7, 2004

It’s that time of year again, when students are not surprised to see grass growing greener, flowers blooming, and giant wieners running around the quads. The 18th annual University Scav Hunt began when judges released the list of 282 items to the nine estimated participating teams at midnight on Thursday. Devoted team members have since...

PanAsia celebration opens, highlights diversity

By Juliana Wu / April 23, 2004

“Yes means fuck me. No means fuck you!” were the words shouted by the Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) female performance arts group, Mango Tribe, during PanAsia’s opening ceremony. The words were a commentary on sexual stereotypes and, more specifically, the plight of “yellow fever” to which Asian American women are subjected. The audience was given...

University, community explore development policies at conference

By Juliana Wu / April 13, 2004

Students, faculty, Hyde Park community members, and activists from all over Chicago discussed the University’s role on the South Side this past weekend at Cityspace, a two-day conference focused on future community-development policies. In his “State of the University in the Community” speech, President Don Randel outlined the challenges that the community currently faces and...

University explores relations with city

By Juliana Wu / April 9, 2004

The University will host a conference this weekend focused on future community development in the South Side. The two-day event, called Cityspace, hopes to bring in a diverse crowd of students and faculty, urban developers and planners, and community members in general. The conference will begin Friday afternoon with opening remarks from Danielle Allen, professor...

Student publications hit campus, will explore politics and sexuality

By Juliana Wu / April 2, 2004

Politics and penises will be the subjects of two new student publications slated to hit campus this spring. While the two publications—The Chicago Quill and Vita Excolatur—are both the brainchildren of University undergraduates seeking to provide new outlets for creative commentary, they are focused on completely different subjects. The Chicago Quill will offer political, cultural,...

New RSO: Asian American Apathetics?

By Juliana Wu / January 11, 2004

If a new Asian cultural club arose on campus, I wouldn’t be surprised to see RSO status granted to AAA, Asian- American Apathetics. The volume of Asian-American news and buzz on campus is at most a mild hum, if anything above mute. Searching the Maroon archives for articles with the phrase “Asian American” in them,...

Bill may affect curriculum

By Juliana Wu / November 14, 2003

Since September 11, student interest in Arabic and other near eastern languages has increased dramatically. At the same time the federal government has grown more concerned with the curriculum and education that universities are providing through their Middle Eastern studies centers. On October 21, Congress proposed the International Studies in Higher Education Act. If passed,...

Women’s tennis celebrates fall victory

By Juliana Wu / October 28, 2003

After practicing for just three weeks, the women’s tennis team started the fall season with a strong win over St. Joseph’s College on October 17. The match, the only one scheduled for fall, allowed the team to test its competitive edge before the regular season begins in February. “It was a lot of fun. I...